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In this issue, Veronica is asked by Ginger Lopez to help find the best place in the world. The criteria for making the decision include beauty, fashions, people, and climate. (location, history, culture and current events don't count apparently.) Glitz Magazine -- a magazine that Ginger writes for-- will foot the bill for the girls to travel around the world to experience first hand these places. Not wanting the girls to travel alone, Mrs. Lodge goes with them.

In the next 11 pages, the girls travel all over the world. Towards the end of the trip, they begin to long for home and to finish the article. The place they decide is the best in the world doesn't come as a big surprise for longtime readers and finishes the book well.

Dan Parent did all right here, both in art and script. The worst thing about the story is that there really isn't any conflict. The girls travel, shop, see the sites, gather information and return home. More of a fan fiction than a real story.

Most of the locations only get 2-3 panels tops, which really doesn't do them justice. If it could be done differently, I'd expand it to 2-5 issues, to really explore what each city has to offer in more detail. I'd list the five to six places the girls will visit, and devote some research into what makes them great and show that to the reader. Also, I'd create some conflict to drive the story.

I'll give it 3 out 5 stars. I typically like more meat with my meal, but this felt like a lean cuisine: tasty, but not very filling.

Gregg